City of Basketball Love

Josh Verlin (@jmverlin)
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Folks in Delco looking for some good hoops this weekend won't have to go very far.

The 31st annual Billy Lake Memorial ALS Basketball Marathon will take place this Saturday, October 14, at Bonner-Prendergast High School.

A 10-game event running from 8 AM until 6 PM, the Billy Lake Marathon is named in memory of Billy Lake, who passed away from ALS in April 1992; the event was run that fall for the first time. A release sent out by the event organizers claim it is the “longest running family event to benefit ALS in the USA.” All proceeds go to the ALS Association, Greater Philadelphia Chapter, and the Billy Lake Memorial Scholarship Fund at Bonner-Prendergast. 

The event features quite a few of the area’s top teams, including host Bonner-Prendergast, as well as Coatesville, West Catholic, Father Judge, West Chester Henderson and more on the boys’ side; two girls games feature four great teams, in Archbishop Wood, Notre Dame, Perk Valley and Archbishop Carroll, playing in the morning.

There is no admissions cost to enter; money will be raised through donations and 50/50 raffles held throughout the day, as well as by selling t-shirts. 

Here’s the full schedule:
8 AM: Penncrest vs. Bishop Shanahan
9 AM: Cardinal O’Hara vs. Haverford High
10 AM: Archbishop Wood vs. Notre Dame (Girls)
11 AM: Perkiomen Valley vs. Archbishop Carroll (Girls)
12 PM: West Chester Henderson vs. Father Judge
1 PM: Bonner-Prendergast vs. Coatesville
2 PM: Bonner-Prendergast vs. Downingtown West
3 PM: West Catholic vs. Eastern (N.J.)
4 PM: La Salle College HS vs. Springfield (Delco.)
5 PM: Devon Prep vs. Central Bucks West